Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-11
BRIEFLETS.

Nice apples at F. G. Youngs.
Peach ice cream at Krell & Maths.
Choice chickens at F. G. Young's
Band concert at the watch tower this
evening.
Wanted, first class cook, at CONNER
cial hotel.
E. H. Guyer has returned from Chi
cago business trip.
Lemon, chocolate, vanilla and bisque
ice cream. at Krell & Maths.
Manager Fl, J. Lowrey of the Harper
house and wife, are in Chicago.
Loans by the Rock Island Building as
sociation, Tuesday, Aug. IS, 1887,
Miss Kate Halves is back at her desk as
money order clerk at the postoffice.
Pcstoffice Inspector R. E Spangler is
paving an official visit to Postmaster
Halves today.
Morris Shank, of Warren county, was
fined S25 and costs this morning for car
ryiug a revolver.
Superintendent s. S Kemble is home
from bis visit to Oskaloosa. The trip
benefited him very much
C E. Eberhart, formerly of Edgingten
but lately living at Blue Grass, Iowa,
leaves next Saturday for Ada, Kansas.
Parties and families upon short notice
with the best of ice cream ana fruit ices.
and at reasonable prices at Krell & Maths.
Mrs. H B. Sudlow and children have
returned from the Minnesota summer re-
sorts. Mrs. C. c. McIn,re will return
tomorrow night.
Mr. L. A. Warner, of Chicago, is
spending few days in the city visiting
his brother. Mr.. John Warner. He is
prominent stock man of the Garden City
The St. Johns Singing society will give
a picnic at Rings summer garden, Sat-
urdsy Aug. Goth, afternoon and evening.
Good music and dancing, and other at
fractions.
The New York capitalists who were in
the syndicate to buy the street railways
here, arrived Monday and departed
Thursday. The scheme has exploded
nobody hurt, Davenport Democrats Ga
zette.
Conductor Tilton, of the SAVANNA pas
senger on the c., NJ & ST. p road, is
taking lay off for few days, aud the
veteran John Baker. Of The way freight
is holding down the run
A stranger was taken Suddenly i'll near
the waterwo7ks building nj j O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. and at first it was
thought mat be was overcome by the
heat, but it proved TO be an epileDtic fit.
The Gilpin Hose Co, No. I, will hold
its second annual picnic on Sylvan island
Saturday, August 10. There will be a
coupling contest at p. IN. All the fire
compa nies of Moline and Rock Island
and their friends are invited.
T. W. Hartley, of the c., r. |. It P. r..
r. offices, has purchased of Mrs. Harper
a piece of ground 70x150 on Third avenue
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
next to F. G. Young's residence, and
will at once commence the erection of a
neat two story residence for himself
The people Ct Rock Island would like
to know whether they are to be provided
with the proper sanitary precautions
within the next two years. or whether
they are to be obliged TO suffer in order
that the mayors obstinate principle may
| be carried out This is too serious a
subject to be triied with by council OF
| executive.
A circular has been issued by the c.,
r. |. & P road, signed By Vice Presi-
dent A. K;mball and superintendent OF
Iowa lines, John Given, offering a reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction OF
the person and persons who attempted tc
wreck the east bound train west of lows
City, by removing splice bars and spike,
from the rail on the night of August 6.
While driving out Of Tindal..s livery
stable this noon, the American express
wagon team became alarmed an,
plunged forward suddenly. throwing tn
driver, Albert Timberlake, from bis seat